anari-library-viskores

October 28, 2025 · View on GitHub

Proof-of-concept ANARI device implementation built using Viskores.

Build + install

Building this library requires the following:

CMake 3.18+
C++17 compiler
Viskores master
ANARI-SDK 0.8.0+

Viskores and ANARI-SDK can be found via placing their installation locations on CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH.

The ANARI-SDK only requires that the resulting library is available on the runtime library search path (i.e. LD_LIBRARY_PATH on Linux or DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH on MacOS). Alternatively, setting CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX to where ANARI-SDK is installed will install the Viskores device library next to libanari, which will also find it instead of using a runtime library search path.

Once you have set up your LD_LIBRARY_PATH (or DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH or placed the Viskores libraries next to the SDK), you can test the Viskores data with a command like this:

./ANARI-SDK/build/anariRenderTests -l viskores --scene demo gravity_spheres_volume